Manifolding sales book



Aug. 5, 1930- E. K. BOTTLE 1,772,033

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK Filed May "25 1922 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 5, 1930' UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, A CORPORATION 03 ONTARIO MANIFOLDIN G SALES BOOK Application filed May 28,

This invention relates to manifolding devices and with respect to its more spec fic features to manifolding books, pads and the like and elements thereof. Ii One of the objects ofthe lnvention is the provision of a practical man ifolding unit adapted for making four, or five records at one writing and capable of s mple manipulation for setting in manifold ng relat on and for removing from manifolding relation.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of the character referred to adapted for making a largenumber of records at one writing and requiring a mlnlmum 1 of separate transfer leaves.

Other objects will be n part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangements of parts whlch Wlll be exemplified in the construction here nafter set forth, and the scope of the applicat on of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing form ng part of the specification and wherein simllar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views. Figure 1 is a perspectlve view of a mamfolding pad embodying the inventlon; and Fig. 2 is a side view of a modified form. Referring now more specifically to the drawings and particularly to Flg. l-thereof, the numeral 1 indicates a pad of record leaves, the leaves being made of paper such that when the leaves are superposed one upon another with the interposition of transfer material a writing made upon an upper leaf will be transferred to underlying leaves. In the embodiment now referred to the paper is relatively opaque and four opaque dlrect copies are made at one writing. It wlll-be understood, however, that translucent material, as tissue paper, may be employed. The pad 1 is composed of a plurallty of superposed record sheets bound together at one end by the staples 2. As all of these sheets are alike the description of one will sufiice. One of these sheets is shown in open condition in Fig. 1 and is composed of the four 1922. Serial No. 562,858.

leaves 3, 4, 5 and 6, the leaves 3, '5 and 6 being of substantially the same length and width, the leaf 4 having an extended or stub portion 7 for binding purposes, and weak-' ened along the line 8 in order that it may be readily torn from the stub portion.

Each of the record sheets is formed from a strip which is first folded along the line 9, to provide a folded record sheet of two plies. Thereupon this two ply folded sheet is again folded intermediate its ends on lines parallel with the line 9 as enerally indicated at 10, so as to provide the four relatively superposed integrally connected record leaves 3, 4, 5 and 6 above referred to.

One or more of the record leaves are coated with transfer material, as carbon, upon their underfaces in order to transfer inscri tion from adjacent superposed leaves. 11 Fig. 1 the original record leaf 3 and the duplicate record leaf 5 are thus coated, as illustrated. In the present embodiment the triplicate leaf 6 and the uadruplicate leaf 4 are not coated with transfer material.

Each of the record sheets above referred to is also provided with a trans arent, as tissue, record leaf pasted thereto. 11 the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1 the transparent tissue record leaf is indicated at lland is pasted to the upper face of the quadruplicate leaf 4 at or ad] acent the 'fold line 10 between the leaves 3 and 4. The pasted area is indicated by the shading at 12'and the margin of the pasted area may substantially correspond with the fold line lO'at this position.

The numeral 13 indicates a separate transfer leaf which is adapted to lie on the upper face o-f the'record leaf 4 and against the under face of the supplemental tissue leaf 11, so as to transfer inscription direct 'to the leaf 4 and in reverse to the leaf 11. The separate transfer leaf 13 may be bound in with the record sheets by means of the staple 2 and is coated with carbon on both faces.

If desired, the supplemental transfer leaves 11. of the several sets may be omitted whereupon four records may be made at one writ- 111 as illustrated in Fig. 2.

ig. 1 diagrammatically illustrates the relative positions of the various record leaves and transfer material when the book is set for the manifolding operation, it being understood of course that in the actual book the sheets are flattened out so as to be serviceable for inscription. A record impressed upon the topmost leaf 3 will be transferred to the next underlying record leaf 5 by the carbon coatin on the underface of the topmost leaf. Also t e transfer material on the underface of the record leaf 5 will transfer impression direct to the triplicate leaf 6. The same impression will be transferred direct to the lowermost leaf 4 of the set by the separate transfer leaf 13, and in reverse to the under-v face of the tissue leaf '11.

After inscription the inscribed set of leaves ma be manipulated and detached from the stu along the weakened line 8 by grasping them at the fold line between the leaves 3 20 and 4. After removal the transfer leaf 13 will be found lying upon the next uppermost set. Thereupon the leaves 3, 5, 6 and 11 of the next set may be readily lifted by assing the fingerunder those ends adjacent t e stub,

' whereupon the transfer leaf 13 may be inserted in operative manifolding posltion.

Thus bythe above described construction 4 are accomplished among others the objects hereinbefore referred to.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mat- 8 ter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A manifolding pad comprising in combination a set of leaves including four leaves attached together end to end to form a strip, said strip being folded to superpose the third and fourth leaves upon the second and first respectively, and being folded a second time to ring the four leaves of the set in registry with each other, the first leaf of said set being extended from the others to form an extension by which the set may be attached with other similar sets in the pad, and an auxiliar leaf attached to said first leaf near the fol and extending toward said extension on said first sheet, a carbon sheet bound within the pad adapted to lie between the first and fourth sheets, and carbonized .under faces upon the second and third sheets.

2; A manifolding pad com rising, in combination, a set of leaves inclu in four leaves attached together end to end to orm a strip, said stri being folded to superpose the third an fourth leaves upon the second and first respectively, and being folded a second time to bring the four leaves of the set in 

